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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA DECEMBER 2, 2020 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a Workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 2nd day of December, 2020 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. In accordance with the requirements of Minn. Stat. Section 13D.021, the City Administrator has determined that an in person meeting is not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under Chapter 12 of the Minnesota Statutes. Because of the health pandemic and emergency declaration, it has been determined that attendance at the regular meeting location by elected officials and members of the public is not feasible. Therefore, some or all of the City Council members may be participating by telephone or other electronic means. This meeting will be recorded in its entirety. Members of the public may monitor the meeting on the CTVNorth Suburbs website (live stream) or use the meeting linkprovided on the city website prior to the meeting. Mayor John Keis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Keis, Council Members Fischer, Torkelson & Montour. Absent: McGraw. ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Chris Heineman, Finance Director Brenda Malinowski, Community Development Director Corrin Wendell, Parks & Rec/Community Services Manager Bryce Shearen, Public Works Director Bill Dircks and City Clerk Heidi Heller 2021 BUDGET DISCUSSION The Finance Director reported that Council set the preliminary levy with at 3.48% increase in September. She stated that the final budget adoption will occur at the December 16 Council meeting, so staff is asking that Council to give final direction on any changes to the budget. She reported that the Little Canada taxable property values have increased which lowers the overall tax rate. She explained that since the preliminary budget was adopted, staff has continued to identify changes to the budget and levy impacts as final costs are determined. She stated that staff is recommending some additions and reductions to the General Fund which would lower the final levy: Increase health insurance, life insurance and short-term disability changes by $1,290; Decrease Municipal Street Aid maintenance revenue by $6,400; Allocate 5% ($6,100) of Parks & Rec/Community Services Manager salary to the Cable Fund; Transfer $19,000 from Debt Service HIA Fund 463. If all of these changes were done, the levy increase would be at 2.96%. Keis asked how much of the Council contingency fiend was used this year. The Finance Director stated that none was used this year. Keis asked how much the levy would change if the